CHAPTER 92: CHAPTER 88 [SONGGUFENG SNIPER BATTLE] (3.5K, THANKS TO SFQK BOSS! MORE UPDATES TOMORROW)

Such an embarrassing scene, it almost made Shen Yan laugh to death.

Qu Guang also showed a smile, with a bit of emotion in his tone:

"Not everyone can do it as easily as we do. Speaking of which... some people are just different."

"If we encountered the [White Reaper] during our live stream... tsk."

Other Federations faced the [White Reaper] unprepared and could only get crushed.

On their side, because they had the key, they simply treated the [White Reaper] as a training ground. After all this time, the combat quality of their individual soldiers has almost doubled.

Such treatment is something other Federations cannot compare to.

If they encountered the [White Reaper] dungeon during their live stream, it definitely wouldn’t be so embarrassing. Moreover, there is a chance of counter-killing; at least there have been many successful attempts in training.

By the time of comparison, they would soar directly.

Shen Yan also nodded.

However, Shen Yan is no longer interested in the [White Reaper] and is now focusing mainly on the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle].

Originally, he planned to lead the strategy himself, but now the orders have come from above.

Shen Yan thought about it and decided to first follow the Republic volunteer army to experience it. Before the live stream, he wanted to see what they lacked because, in such battlefield conditions, there was no other way but to endure.

Moreover, all the data given by Polestar on the Republic volunteer army is the most realistic human data; no matter how the photonic supercomputer analyzes it, they are ordinary humans.

But why can the Republic volunteer army persist, but they cannot?

What exactly is the difference?

Shen Yan pondered this while watching the live stream for a while and then said to Qu Guang:

"You take the second battalion and start the live stream first."

"I’ll have Polestar open up the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] data later, and then swap with you at night."

Qu Guang had no objections:

"Alright."

"But aren’t you going to rest for a bit?"

Shen Yan shook his head:

"Unless we clear the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle], I won’t be able to sleep."

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On the other side.

Polestar Game Company.

Zhao Ming was also watching the Celestial Shark live stream.

He didn’t expect the official entry of various major Federations.

It mainly happened because the official promotion schedule of the "Anti-War Competition" hadn’t even reached them yet, but because the Antarctic Star Federation’s official account streamed it, the popularity exploded.

Recommendations hadn’t started, but the game had already gone viral.

In just one morning.

Over four million new accounts were created, and this number is still growing. It’s estimated to break ten million by the evening.

Even Shen Qinghan was alarmed, quickly mobilizing all resources, and replaced all servers and equipment with the top-tier kind in just two hours.

Now the server can accommodate 80 million people without any issues.

Although Zhao Ming felt it was excessive, since the highest online number for a ’Earth’ game never had so many, but considering that Blue Star’s land area and world population are far larger than ’Earth’, 80 million... seems reasonable.

Zhao Ming opened the official website and looked at the real-time map.

At this moment, it was already close to enveloping Kyiv, triggering the [Battle of Kiev], the largest encirclement battle in Earth’s history. Following are the [Battle of Leningrad], [Battle of Moscow], and [Battle of Stalingrad].

Apart from the [Battle of Kiev].

These are battles with quite long durations, and to turn them into National War Dungeons, one can only select a time period and make it a dungeon for players to experience.

For instance, the entire [Battle of Leningrad] lasted 872 days, causing millions of casualties, many of whom starved to death.

It’s impossible to have players starve for 872 days inside... [Battle of Moscow] and [Battle of Stalingrad] are also like this, needing a specific time point to make it a dungeon.

But there are too many such time points, Zhao Ming hasn’t picked one yet, or... could make multiple dungeons of different time nodes.

While thinking.

Zhao Ming received a message from Shen Qinghan, and after seeing it, he opened the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] database and then notified Shen Qinghan.

He then extracted the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] database, somewhat surprised:

"Already lasted for 5 hours and 17 minutes, huh."

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

The Seventh Special Operations Brigade does have the title of special operations, and it is the elite of the Northern Army, so combat strength is certainly not a problem.

If there is a difference between them and the Republic volunteer army... perhaps it’s only in willpower or belief.

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Noon.

Just after half an hour of rest and a bite to eat, Shen Yan.

Led the soldiers of the first battalion into the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] room, then entered the key to choose the beginning.

The screen gradually darkened and then lit up.

A familiar position came into view, the words [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] appeared before the eyes, and then slowly faded away.

Just when Shen Yan was about to speak, he was a bit dumbfounded because there were only ten people beside him, and the others were Republic volunteer soldiers.

"Where are the others?"

What Shen Yang and others didn’t know was that due to the restrictions on the number of people in the [Songgufeng Sniper Battle], the other 140 soldiers were divided into groups of 10, starting a new [Songgufeng Sniper Battle] with the Republic volunteer army.

A voice from a Republic volunteer soldier suddenly sounded in his ear:

"Everyone, prepare for battle!"

"Absolutely do not let these foreign devils pass!"

Shen Yan immediately entered combat status.

After so many battles, he was already familiar with the routes and strategies of the American forces on the opposite side.

Since they couldn’t break through Sansuo, the American forces wanted to retreat from Longyuan Village and, to get there, they must pass through the inevitable place of Songgufeng.

They must block the US military here to give the outer circle Republic volunteer forces time to execute their encirclement and annihilate these American forces here.

Shen Yan quickly reached the predetermined position and held his breath, focusing on the road turn below.

Bam—!

Accompanied by a gunshot:

"Fire!!!"

Shen Yan and others dispersed on the small hill began to attack the US military’s forefront troops below.

For a time, gunfire was incessant, and the US military, which had not reacted, was immediately surrounded by the front vehicles, but the tanks in the rear had already turned their turrets.

Aiming at the top of the hill.

Meanwhile, the Republic volunteer army’s combat engineer squad soldiers ambushed below had already stealthily approached the tank from behind.

Taking advantage of its turret aimed at the hill, they successfully crippled it with an explosion.

But this... was just the beginning.

There were still more than five long hours ahead.

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2nd Hour.

After repelling the US Army’s attacks several times, they began to adjust their strategy on the other side.

First, they used artillery fire to cover the entire position, then ordered the tank units to surround and bombard the position, followed by the infantry advancing quietly up the hill.

The 10 people led by Shen Yan were gradually spread out into three squads (789) due to the bombardment, joining forces with the Republic Volunteer Army from three directions to fend off the enemy.

They repelled five small-scale charges in a row, and it seemed the enemy was retreating.

The Republic Volunteer Army hurriedly took advantage of the air raid to dig trenches, but the US bombers in the sky were already overhead.

The bombing lasted more than twenty minutes, shaving off at least half an inch from the ground.

Once the air raid was over, Shen Yan brushed off the dust on him and stood up.

In the sky.

A sudden sharp whistle of a shell was heard.

Boom——!!!

The blast wave spread from the center of the small hill, and Shen Yan, who had just stood up, along with two Volunteer Army soldiers, were directly blown away by the bomb.

"Those foreign devils are charging again!"

"Quick!"

"Grenades!!!"

Shen Yan shook off the dust on him, his ears ringing, and picked up the rifle in his hands, starting to make precise shots at the US Army charging down the hill.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Almost every shot took away a head, but there were too many US soldiers on the opposite side; just the vanguard counted two thousand men.... The battle continued for more than an hour before they repelled the American attack.

Yet Shen Yan’s heart felt increasingly cold.

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The fourth hour.

Shen Yan moved his body, hiding behind the cover.

The entire hillside was plowed numerous times by shells, with craters everywhere, and Shen Yan suddenly thought:

"Damn it...."

"No more need to dig trenches."

Some of the deeper craters were enough to bury a person.

Shen Yan took advantage of the brief air raid pause, observing the surrounding Republic Volunteer Army, and his heart sank, their numbers were reduced by half.

The casualty rate seemed no different from the Seventh Brigade under his command.

But there were still over two hours.... Shen Yan took a deep breath, shook his head, ready to focus on fighting.

Then.

The roar of planes in the sky sounded again, and Shen Yan cursed:

"Damn!"

He hurriedly ducked into the trench, and the bombers overhead dropped bombs, including many incendiary bombs this time.

The bombardment lasted more than ten minutes.

The entire third company’s position was turned into a sea of fire.

The fifth hour.

The shelling finally stopped.

On the hillside, there was only the crackle of burning, twisted gun barrels, blackened corpses, and thick black smoke rolling and floating towards the sky, blocking the sunlight.

Corpses were everywhere, the air was filled with the pungent smell of burning.

Plop!

A US soldier’s body was pushed away, Shen Yan stretched out his hand, trembling to support his body, trying hard to get up, but failed several times.

Then.

His body was suddenly pulled, and a slightly immature voice sounded beside his ear:

"Are you okay? Get up quickly."

Then helped Shen Yan up, Shen Yan turned his head and saw it was a Republic Volunteer Army soldier, but with that immature voice, it made Shen Yan a little surprised.

After supporting himself sitting up, before he could ask, he saw the young Volunteer soldier hand over half a flatbread:

"Eat quickly."

"Eat well so we can fight those foreign devils."

Shen Yan showed a smile on his face:

"Thank you."

Shen Yan took the bread and took a bite, then looked around the position, wondering if they could hold on for another hour?

Then.

Suddenly thought of something, Shen Yan looked at the young Republic Volunteer soldier and asked:

"Little brother, how old are you?"

The young soldier was bandaging his leg when he heard Shen Yan’s question, looked up, and said:

"I’m 17."

Hearing this, Shen Yan’s eyes flashed with surprise:

"So young?"

On Blue Star, there were no kids at this age joining the army.

They were still in the Federation’s compulsory education schools at this time, not to mention how no parent would bear to send their child so young into the military.

The young soldier smiled:

"Not young, I can get married."

Hearing this, Shen Yan laughed:

"Do you have someone you like? How’s it going?"

The young soldier said embarrassingly:

"Not yet."

"Wait till we beat the American devils, otherwise even if married, it would not be peaceful."

Shen Yan was a bit confused, what does fighting have to do with getting married, couldn’t help asking:

"Fighting these American... devils? What does it have to do with marrying a wife?"

The young soldier spoke:

"Our Company Commander said, if we don’t fight this war, our descendants will have to."

"Thinking about it, makes sense."

"Can’t marry a wife, have kids, raise them until grown, hoping for them to marry and have children, then the foreign devils come again, sending children to the battlefield."

"We’ve had enough of this suffering, can’t let our descendants suffer this anymore."

"Only by winning can we live peacefully, farming, marrying, and having kids."

Listening to the young soldier’s words, Shen Yan seemed to understand something, opened his mouth wanting to say something.

But when the words reached his mouth, he didn’t know what to say, that sentence kept echoing in his mind.

’If we don’t fight this war, our descendants will have to...’

Shen Yan seemed to realize that long-lasting peace on Blue Star left gaps between them and these Republic Volunteer soldiers.

Then.

The roar of the bombers in the sky sounded again.

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